Feel like an astronaut with the SpaceX online simulator even used by NASA

The SpaceX simulator allows you to feel like an astronaut without leaving your home and just accessing a web page, so you don’t need a powerful computer to test it.

Being an astronaut has been the dream of many, but after seeing the requirements, the most normal thing was to abandon it. Of course, nowadays anyone can feel like an astronaut thanks to games set in the space adventure, although if we look for something more realistic, SpaceX may have the answer.

And, is that, SpaceX engineers have developed a simulator that is capable of emulating both the sensation and all the necessary maneuvers that have to be performed to dock the International Space Station. The most curious thing is that it is so precise that even NASA uses it.

Of course, the best of all is that it is a completely free online simulator and that anyone can access it from their desktop or laptop computer. And, logically, being online does not consume practically any type of resources so we do not need to have an NVIDIA RTX to test it.

It is a difficult experience, it is not a game. It is programmed to enter people so, despite its appearance, maximum precision is required to optimally complete the docking.. And, it is that, in the space there cannot be any type of error.

At the operational level, what we find is a simple interface in which the controls are on the lower sidesTo activate them, what we have to use are the keyboard arrows or WASD. In addition, in the center are position values ​​for the coupling.

For speed control, the keys to use are the “Q” or the “-” symbol if we want to decrease and “E” or “+” if we want to increase the speed.. We have tried to try to dock with the International Space Station and, the truth, we have failed much more than we would like to admit.

The truth is that few people have the wood to be an astronaut, but it is interesting and, above all, curious to have an approach, albeit simulated, to this type of experience. If you want to try it, all you have to do is go to following link.